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by gnode 7y ago
That all three drives lasted this long then failed within a month is very suspect. This sounds less like random failure indicative of the quality of refurbished drives in general, and more like a defect common to all three drives. Because o
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by gnode 7y ago
The comparison wasn't complete, but I think it was still meaningful. It's like comparing the cost of sand to glass; it should be obvious that sand is not glass, but it begs the question: how much proprietary value is there in glas
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by gnode 7y ago
This isn't what SGX is for. SGX is designed to add a layer of security to protect against malicious code on the same machine, encrypting memory at rest such that its contents aren't compromised if a vulnerability allows access to
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by gnode 7y ago
> Please stop adding layers and layers of calculations, it's a waste of energy. The trend in electronics is that this has become less true over time. As transistors have shrunk, the relative cost of calculation has diminished compar
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by gnode 7y ago
> What a refurbished hard disk does not give you: [...] The whole point is that a decentralized storage network can add such features on top of the 1TB refurbished hard drive. The refurbished drive may not be reliable, but if you replica
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by gnode 7y ago
They talk about using a wedge-like shield. A small angle can be shielded with a long wedge structure, the large surface area of which allows it to radiate the produced heat. The spacecraft body is then placed some distance away, to fit with
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by gnode 7y ago
I agree, although I'm not sure whether it's ever been implemented for public use. You get anti-spoofing naturally if you're just using secret symmetric encryption (if your adversary doesn't know the key, they can't
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by gnode 7y ago
> Eu will know where were you when you requested something You don't request a positioning signal, they are broadcast by the satellites and nothing is sent back by the receivers. Some devices (like smartphones) may send their GPS di
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by gnode 7y ago
I agree that 8x Thunderbolt 3 is probably excessive, and I wouldn't want to trade away the current connectivity options as was suggested. > If you take away the bandwidth from Thunderbolt 3 it just becomes USB It becomes low bandwid
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by gnode 7y ago
> Requiring businesses to provide their services to arbitrary numbers of people who are offering them nothing in return is a dangerous and ultimately unsustainable strategy. The advertising industry has been subject to regulation for a l
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by gnode 7y ago
A Thunderbolt port or two would be a nice addition to improve connectivity options, but sacrificing the other ports and requiring expensive dongles goes against the aim of being a cheap computing platform. Additionally, this would require a
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by gnode 7y ago
Thunderbolt 3 controllers have a 4x link to provide one or two ports or 2x in the case of JHL6240. Additionally PCIe is designed to support backwards compatibility and link scaling. I don't see any reason why the 1x gen2 lane of the pi
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by gnode 7y ago
> rely on such data processing to be financially viable I'm not convinced this is true. Television, billboards, and print newspapers demonstrate that advertising can still exist and support a business model without invading the priv
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by gnode 7y ago
There have been a few fines, including the large 50M EUR fine against Google. Despite this, compliance has fallen short of many peoples' expectations. Being presented with consent dialogues where it is not possible or practical to decl
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by gnode 7y ago
Yes. So if they track you after you delete their consent overlay, you'd have grounds to complain about them to your data protection agency.
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by gnode 7y ago
Lawyer activist Max Schrems created NOYB for this purpose: https://noyb.eu/ Supporting / joining them is probably the best way to make a concerted impact.
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by gnode 7y ago
I think the accusation that the GDPR has no teeth is not about the magnitude of fines. The GDPR promised great enhancements to privacy and freedom in the text of the legislation (opt-in data processing consent not conditional on service; ri
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by gnode 7y ago
I'm assuming they meant enforcement of Art. 7 of the GDPR: https://gdpr-info.eu/art-7-gdpr/
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by gnode 7y ago
> The user consent parts of gdpr, are, imo, not good. Indeed, this seems to be really lacking as far as I've seen. Compliance with article 7 section 4 in particular (provision of service must not be conditional on consent for proces
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by gnode 7y ago
> but I wonder whether rivers are so fussy about the type of sand in them. They might be. You might find that smoother sand flows more easily, and may be washed away. Certainly the size of grain is important, as smaller grains are carrie
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by gnode 7y ago
I had a similar thought, although I think fusing wouldn't solve the problem, as it wouldn't create a rough surface. That said, fusing might make it easier to fracture the sand and make rough surfaces.
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by gnode 7y ago
> Desert sand grains are too smooth to be useful I wonder how hard it would be to convert smooth sand into angular sand. Perhaps a pulsed laser could be used to fracture the grains into angular fragments or something like that. Not only
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by gnode 7y ago
I'd speculate that in an isolated brain dreaming would still be possible. Possibly, without external stimulation it would not be possible to be awake. That said, there are emerging technologies which would compliment brain preservation
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by gnode 7y ago
> There's no evidence that I know of that the limbic system and the cortex are in this sort of relationship It's true that in mammals (possessing a neocortex) the cortex takes over various processes traditionally performed by t
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by gnode 7y ago
You're ignoring a lot of its function. The hippocampus (within the limbic system) is necessary for long-term memory. If your hippocampi are removed, you still act more of less the same, but you can't remember new events or make se
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by gnode 7y ago
I'd modify your metaphor slightly: Government = The farmer AI = Plant-based diet Naively, everyone eating a plant-based diet is great for sheep, but it's hard to imagine a world where the farmer still feeds them.
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by gnode 7y ago
I think nuclear weapons are a good example of how dangerous technology isn't a choice. When other parties have the ability to advance a technology, you no longer have the option of ignoring it. We can't put that cat back in the ba
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by gnode 7y ago
I think the cortex is attractive to AI research because its highly uniform micro-anatomy suggests there is a simple algorithm behind general intelligence to be found within. While intelligent behaviours appear to reside in the cortex, the l
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by gnode 7y ago
Learn about the rest of the brain's components. Intelligence and cognition is greatly dependent on the limbic system. For example, while memory appears to be stored throughout the cortex, we can't form new spatial and event memori
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by gnode 7y ago
Maybe you'd be better off citing the Third Amendment. Judicial interpretation being that it implies a right to privacy.

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